BURKETT Family Genealogy   Photo of my Great Grandfather and Great Grandmother Irvin Smith and Barbara Della Brosius and 2 of their children, Harry and Manual Smith     To start with I'll present on this page the "pre-immigration" families and what we know about them.  The earliest known Burckhardt is Jorg "George" Burckhardt and his marriage to Apollinia Meyer.  Jorg and Apollinia were married before 1649 and were from Niederstoltzingen in the Schwabische region,  which in present day Germany is about half-way between Stuttgart and Munich.  They remained there until sometime in the early 1700's when Johann Dedric fled to Amsterdam, Holland.  It was here his first son, Jacob Burckhardt was born while awaiting immigration to America.  Jacob was a fledgling "babe-in-arm" arriving in the U.S. aboard the "Loyal Judith" in 1741.  Johann Dedric Burcket was recorded as "Johan Dedrick Buckert" when he was naturalized as a US citizen on 11 Apr 1741 in PhiladelphiaCo, PA. The family settled there and is where Jacob met and married his bride, Barbara Fisher.  Barbara's parents were William Fisher IV and Sarah Coleman.  William was mayor of Philadelphia in 1773 and they were the grandparents of the founder of the Austin Colony and Texas statesman, Samuel Rhodes Fisher.  It is not known if Johan Dedric and Polly ever left Philadelphia as they return later to Germany and died there.  Jacob is found in Greenfield Township, Bedford County by 1790 along with 2 of his sons, Samuel and John. Jorg Burckhardt/Apollinia Meyer | | Andreas Burckhardt/Anna Maria Brachholdt | | Samuel Burckhardt ---------------- Andreas Burckhardt --------------- Johannes Burckhardt m. Margaretha Schneider | | Johan Jacob Burckhardt ---------------- Johannes Burckhardt ---------------- Johan Georg Burckhardt m. Katrina Herbert | | Johan Dedric Burckhardt/Burket/Buckert/Burkett m. Polly Koontz Immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1741 | | Jacob Burket m. Barbara Fisher Christ Church, Philadelphia This page hosted by Get your own Free Home Page